Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-11-25

The ladies Of the Universalist society
will hold their annual fair and festival at
the town hall on the evening Of Jan. "a
Remember Little Tycoon" at tho town
hall tomorrow evening under the auspices
Of the Vermont Wheel club.
The parties Interested in the proposed
Flat street building for mill purposes. etc.
in rear Of the grange store have postponed
action until spring, when the work is likely
10 be taken in hand by three or four of the
parties most Interested
Crowells workmen have completed the
laying of water pipe from the springs on
the Sargent place in West Brattleboro. hut
the water will not be let on this fall. as the
supply is already sufficient for the present
service, and the village mains cannot be
extended before another season.
Some Of our young people are DESTROYS Of
forming singing class under the tuition of
Prof. Markham Those DESTROYS of Joining
are requested to leave their names imme-
diately at at ClapP & Joness.
Mrs. Schildmller is building a tenement
house west of her residence on Frost street
The ladies Of the Baptist society are ar
ranging to hold Japanese tea party at Col
j. j. Estey's residence on Thursday even
ing, Dec. <
G. l.. Howe has recently presented Sedg-
wick post, q. A r., with a large photo
graph Of the soldiers monument in a hand
some frame, for which the post returned a
unanimous vote Of thanks
Dennis lodge, D. of r., will hold a spe-
cial meeting in |. O. o. F. hall Tuesday
evening, Nov. 30 at 1880 O'Clock.
The Valley Record of Hinsdale, n. H.,
which until now has been printed at the D.
Leonard printing Office in this town is
hereafter to be printed by the proprietor at
Hnsdale
As Wayland and Edwin Crouch we're
driving down from Centreville Monday the
king-bot of their wagon broke and they
were thrown out, the latter dslocating his
shoulder 10y the fall
Wallace Newcomb is building one story
addition TO his Reed street house.
The Chautauqua meeting ON Wednes
day evening opened with the reading of a
psalm appropriate TO Thanksgiving. The
roll call brought out various news items Of
more or less Importance and was followed
by questions ON American history and lite
nature and a cursory glance at the lesson
on The Lungs Miss Gertrude Williams
read n very interesting and comprehensive
paper on "Witchcraft," Mr. Fales and Mr..
Harris gave excellent character sketches
of Benjamin Franklin and Washington IT.
wing, respectively, and the evening closed
with spelling test and questions on the
real names of authors whose pseudonyms
have become household words
The Agnes Wallace company will appear
at the town hall on Friday and Saturday
evenings, Dec. l6 and II, and in a matinee
Saturday afternoon. The troupe is a strong
one in many respects, and will play for the
benefit of the Grand Army.
The Escondido Times, San Diego county,
Cal, of Oct. -, contains this item Mr..
A. J.. Buttertield has purchased flve-Acre
tract in the valley towards the east end
and will at once commence improving it,
Mr.. Butterfeld is the crippled veteran who
has been confined to crutches, caused by
rheumatism contracted in the army He
hopes that the climate of southern Califor-
MIA will better his condition.
Mr.. Clary, the electrician, counts himself
favored son of fortune in that he has had
uninterrupted good weather during the re-
building OF the Hinsdale telephone line. He
finished the work Monday night, and it has
been very substantially done. New poles
of extra large size have been put up through
out, tic old wine has been restrung, and a
large new one has been added. BY this
arrangement Hinsdale subscribers can have
the benefit of communication by private
wire whenever they wish
The woman suffrage bazaar, before men
toned in these columns, will open in Music
and Bumstead halls Boston, Dec. 12, at s
O'Clock P NJ, and continue day and evening
through the week The Vermont associa-
ton is working hard to make its table cred
liable, but there is still call for articles for
the fancy table hardware, manufactured
goods, great and small, butter, cheese ma
pie sugar-any and all Of Vermont products
will Ice very acceptable, and such may be
left at DIR. fuckers residence before Dec.
Sth, on which date goods will be forwarded
to Boston
The selectmen have appointed Rev. A.
d. Spalding of West Brattleboro town SUI
prentendent of schools succeeding Rev. c.
Ii. Merrill.
The First Regiment band orchestra furn-
ished music at Hinsdale on Wednesday night
and at Wilmington last night.
f Crosby K Co. have expended not less
than $4,000 during the present year in i'm
provements upon their Main street and
Harmony blocks.
Hi Henry's minstrels are booked for the
town hall Dee. LIST. The famous palace
ear which brings the troupe is 81 feet Z
inches long, II feet high, 10 feet wide,
weighs 38 tons and cost $50, 900.
A recent private letter received from
Cincinnati Ohio, reports Rev. f. w. Whit
ney and family in the best of health, al
though there are over 600 cases of typhoid
fever and much other sickness in the city,
caused by the water famine. Mr.. and Mrs.
Whitney are greatly pleased with their new
home and through their labors a new mis-
sion church has been recently established.
The annual meeting of the Forestville
book club will take place next Wednesday
evening at 1880 p, NJ, at the home of the
secretary, Mrs. W, w. Walker. A full at
tendance is desired
The young people of the Roman Catholic
society held a successful fair at the town
hall Wednesday evening, There was a
large attendance and the supper tables and
stands for fancy goods were literally pat
ronized, The articles sold by chance were
drawn ns follows Toilet box, Y. j. Lewis
cushion, +. II. Flagg meerschum cigar